Comparison of Adjectives

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Comparison of Adjectives

Dear Students,
Practise the comparison by doing the exercises below. Don't forget to look up unfamiliar words, and have your Grammar Book ready.
You can find more exercise in the table of contents. (Inhaltsverzeichnis)
Or just click on the label "Comparison".
 
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4 (Look up the adjectives in the dictionary)
Exercise 5
Exercise 6

Comparison of Adjectives

as - as
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

not as/so - as
Exercise 3
Exercise 4

-er than
Exercise 5

-er than / -est / more - most
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8

Mixed exercises
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11

Irregular Comparison

Comparison of Adjectives - A Slide Show

comparative adjectives

Irregular adjectives

good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
much	more	most	uncountable nouns
many	more	most	countable nouns
little	less	least
little	smaller	smallest

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Special adjectives

Some ajdectives have two possible forms of comparison.

common	commoner / more common	commonest / most common
likely	likelier / more likely	likeliest / most likely
pleasant	pleasanter / more pleasant	pleasantest / most pleasant
polite	politer / more polite	politest / most polite
simple	simpler / more simple	simplest / most simple
stupid	stupider / more stupid	stupidest / most stupid
subtle	subtler / more subtle	subtlest
sure	surer / more sure	surest / most sure

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Difference in meaning with adjectives

far	farther	farthest	distance
	further	furthest	distance or time
late	later	latest
	latter	x
	x	last
old	older	oldest	people and things
	elder	eldest	people (family)
near	nearer	nearest	distance
	x	next	order

Exercise 1 with "near, late, bad, good, far, old
Exercise 2 Fill in the missing words
Exercise 3 Fill in the missing words
Exercise 4 on Comparison of Adjectives (as...as)
Exercise 5 on the text "London"
Exercise 6 late, last, later, latter, latest
Exercise 7 Comparison mixed

Source:
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englisch-hilfen.de
eg4u
rong-chang.com

Comparison of Adjectives

Exercise 1: Comparison - Words
Exercise 2: Comparison - Words
Exercise 3: Comparison - Sentences
Exercise 4: Comparison - Sentences
Exercise 5: Comparative - Superlative
Exercise 6 : Comparative - Superlative
Exercise 7: Comparative - Superlative

Comparing things: Use than, or ...as - as

Comparing things: Use more/-er - than

Comparing things: Superlatives

Comparing things: Use than, or ...as - as

Source:
Englisch-hilfen.de
Herderschule

Exercises Unit 10

Exercise : Comparing sports
Test : Comparing sports
Fill in the gaps: The time machine - Conjunctions







Source: Herderschule

Comparison of Adjectives - Some more exercises

Exercise 1: Comparison - Words
Exercise 2: Comparison - Words
Exercise 3: Comparison - Sentences
Exercise 4: Comparison - Sentences
Exercise 5: Comparative - Superlative
Exercise 6 : Comparative - Superlative
Exercise 7: Comparative - Superlative



Source: Englisch-hilfen.de

Comparison of Adjectives 2

Some more adjectives:

near (nahe) - nearer – nearest (Entfernung)
near – nearer – next – Reihenfolge
Where is the nearest doctor? He is not here, so go to the next.

far (weit) – farther – farthest – (Entfernung)
far – further – furthest – Reihenfolge
Golling is farther from Salzburg than Hallein.
Here is further news (weitere Neuigkeiten)

late– later – latest (= später – die letzten – neuesten)
late – latter – last = (letztere – der allerletzte)
Jill came later than Jack. (später als)
She always wears the latest fashion. (= die allerletzte/neueste Mode)
John and Jack are brothers. The former (der erstere) is thirty, the latter (der letztere) is thirty-one.
These were his last words. Then he died. (= die letzten Worte)

old – older – oldest
old – elder – eldest - ( Verwendung für Familienmitglieder) und nur attributiv (beifügend)

Comparison of Adjectives - Exercises

Exercise 1 : Elementary Level
Exercise 2 : Elementary Level
Exercise 3 : Elementary Level
Exercise 4 : Intermediate Level
Exercise 5 : Intermediate Level



Source: Agenda Web

Grammar - Comparison of Adjectives 1

Gleichheit wird ausgedrückt mit as ... as (so....wie)
Bob is as tall as Tom.

Ungleichheit wird ausgedrückt mit than (als) oder not so ... as (nicht so ... wie)
Mary is taller than Ann.
Jean is not so tall as Susan.

1) Steigerung mit er - est

a) Für einsilbige Adjektive:
great - greater – greatest
tall – taller - tallest

b) für zweisilbiger Adjektive mit der Endung -y, -le, -er, -ow

happy - happier - happiest
noble - nobler - noblest
clever - cleverer - cleverest
narrow - narrower - narrowest

c) für zweisilbige Adjektive mit Betonung auf der 2. Silbe

polite (höflich)
sincere (ernst)
exact (genau)

2) Steigerung mit more /most

Für alle übrigen (mehrsilbigen) Adjektive
beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful

3) Unregelmäßige Steigerung (Irregular Comparison)

good - better - best
bad (ill-krank) - worse - worst (schlecht)
much - more - most (viel)
many - more - most (viele)
little (small) smaller - smallest (klein)
little - less - least (wenig)

Achtung! few - fewer - fewest = wenige ........ a few = einige

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Comparison of Adjectives

Comparing things: Use than, or ...as - as

Comparing things: Use more/-er - than

Comparing things: Superlatives

Comparing things: Use than, or ...as - as

Source: Herderschule